BIO

Jun Fukukawa is a painter in Japan Tokyo.

After majoring in art history at university, Jun moved to France and began his career as an artist assigned to the new contemporary gallery, galerie Alain veinstein in 1991. From there, Jun exhibited at Salon découverte, an almost younger version of fiac, where Jun achieved such success that he competed for the top prize.

Jun paints the turtle he accidentally killed as a child, the face of the kind African woman he met in the foreign land of France, and the strange deity he encountered during an almost near-death experience. These works evoke primal experiences of sorrow, love, fear, and awe buried deep in people's memories.

CV

1991 : Graduated from the Department of Arts, Faculty of Literature, Seijo University

1991 : Moved to France

1994 : Salon saga decouvert94. Exhibition at Galerie Alain veinstein (paris)

1997 : Solo exhibition at Galerie Art Yomiuri (paris)

1998 : Returning home

1999 : Solo exhibition at Daimaru (Kyoto)

2000 : Solo exhibition at saachi and saachi gallery (Tokyo)

2002 : Solo exhibition at Gallery Oculus (Tokyo)

2005 : Solo exhibition at standard chartrerd bank (Tokyo)

2006 : Solo exhibition at Bice (Tokyo)

2007 : Irish Ambassador's Residence Group Exhibition (Tokyo)

2011 : shift→311 Exhibition (Hiroshima)

2012 : Sompo Japan Art Foundation Selected Encouragement Exhibition

2013 : Solo exhibition at Gallery 08 (Ginza)

2014 : KATA liquidroom (Ebisu) gallery solo exhibition

2016 : VOID+ (Aoyama) solo exhibition

2023 : 2 weeks live painting at private gallery